Well, after what seems to have been a very long wait, Its finally here. First of all I would like to take a minute to thank Doug at Cameraland,his idea of service is better than mine!
I opened up the box, to find not only my scope, but also a Cameraland/Vortex hat, a Vortex T-shirt, and Doug must have picked up some where that I like coffee, because he sent some kind of specially blended custom coffee too. Thanks again Doug, you have been VERY helpful with this and many other transactions.
I could hardly wait to open up the Vortex box and see if all the hype was true
As I opened her up, I was pleasantly surprised. It is a handsome scope, if a scope can be handsome. included with the scope were, a 4" shade, a vortex cleaning cloth, shims for the zero stop, allen wrench, a Vortex lapel pin, and the always cheap and throwaway bikini covers. My first impression as I lifted it from the box, was how light it was, I have several scopes of this type and I think this is the lightest one. I quickly lifted it to the shooting position, to make my first visual inspection out my window. Flawless! it was clear and clean as ever I had hoped. the reticle that I had spent so much time looking at on the Vortex website looked fantastic, sharp, and STRAIGHT, not canted. I must say, its not a big problem, but I think that with the scope zoomed all the way out, the retical is almost to fine/small to be usable, at least for my eyes. In my excitement I must have drooled on the eyepiece(as you will see in the pics
) nothin a little clean up wont fix.
This pic is looking at Francis peak, approx. 3 miles from my house.
My photograph skills are a little better than my 5 yr olds, so if it looks a little unclear, trust that it is me.
Then I installed the battery for the Illum. turned it on to see a bright, clean, red reticle. as usual, only the center of the reticle is lit. sorry for the crummy pic.
Then to the all important turrets, I have heard that they are too easy to turn, true. I can see them being accidentally turned by rubbing against something. I'll have to live with it I guess, or maybe a cunning repair with a tighter O-ring.
I turned the turret all the way up, with an apparent 25 mil's of Up. I measured the clicks against the retical, they were all in accord. 10 tenth's of a mil made one hash mark, 60 tenth's of a mil made six hash marks. the side focus worked as designed, with a perfect amount of tension IMO.
I like the feel of the clicks, no mushy feeling like others.
The Glass is perfectly clear, I'd be hard pressed to ask for more with this price tag. Color and contrast are transmitted though the scope creating a pleasant image to look at for long periods of time. The eye relief may be considered an itsy tiny bit touchy for some, but I dont think its bad at all. I am curious as to why it has 5.3 indexed on the power ring, maybe someone could shed some light on that for me.
My overall impression is very positive, I will hopefully get the rifle its going on done in next couple weeks. in the meantime I may throw it on the old 10Fp and take it for a spin out to a K and back. The few negative things I feel are not much of a downer considering the price tag. I cant help but feel the light weight makes it seem "cheap" but I guess that would be prejudging it. I'll get it on the rifle ASAFP and get a range report out.
For those of you wanting a size comparison, I took a couple pics of it next to a Leupold 6.5-20X50 Mk4, as well as a Falcon 5-25X50. all with their shades on.
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For any of you waiting on yours, let me know if you have any special request's. Pictures, handling questions ect. I'd be happy to field them.
I opened up the box, to find not only my scope, but also a Cameraland/Vortex hat, a Vortex T-shirt, and Doug must have picked up some where that I like coffee, because he sent some kind of specially blended custom coffee too. Thanks again Doug, you have been VERY helpful with this and many other transactions.
I could hardly wait to open up the Vortex box and see if all the hype was true
This pic is looking at Francis peak, approx. 3 miles from my house.
My photograph skills are a little better than my 5 yr olds, so if it looks a little unclear, trust that it is me.
Then I installed the battery for the Illum. turned it on to see a bright, clean, red reticle. as usual, only the center of the reticle is lit. sorry for the crummy pic.
Then to the all important turrets, I have heard that they are too easy to turn, true. I can see them being accidentally turned by rubbing against something. I'll have to live with it I guess, or maybe a cunning repair with a tighter O-ring.
I turned the turret all the way up, with an apparent 25 mil's of Up. I measured the clicks against the retical, they were all in accord. 10 tenth's of a mil made one hash mark, 60 tenth's of a mil made six hash marks. the side focus worked as designed, with a perfect amount of tension IMO.
I like the feel of the clicks, no mushy feeling like others.
The Glass is perfectly clear, I'd be hard pressed to ask for more with this price tag. Color and contrast are transmitted though the scope creating a pleasant image to look at for long periods of time. The eye relief may be considered an itsy tiny bit touchy for some, but I dont think its bad at all. I am curious as to why it has 5.3 indexed on the power ring, maybe someone could shed some light on that for me.
My overall impression is very positive, I will hopefully get the rifle its going on done in next couple weeks. in the meantime I may throw it on the old 10Fp and take it for a spin out to a K and back. The few negative things I feel are not much of a downer considering the price tag. I cant help but feel the light weight makes it seem "cheap" but I guess that would be prejudging it. I'll get it on the rifle ASAFP and get a range report out.
For those of you wanting a size comparison, I took a couple pics of it next to a Leupold 6.5-20X50 Mk4, as well as a Falcon 5-25X50. all with their shades on.
For any of you waiting on yours, let me know if you have any special request's. Pictures, handling questions ect. I'd be happy to field them.
